Chavez: Inside the Coup (2003) was directed by Kim Bartley and Donnacha O'Briain.
This Irish film team happened to be in Venezuela in 2002 during a coup attempt against President Hugo Chávez. What follows is an hour-to-hour (actually minute-to-minute) slice of history. No one knew what the outcome would be. Eventually, the coup failed.
As you would assume, the U. S. was one of the coup sponsors. We still consider Latin America as our back yard, and we want sovereign nations to yield to our demands. Sometimes the U. S. gets its way. Not this time.
This Irish film team happened to be in Venezuela in 2002 during a coup attempt against President Hugo Chávez. What follows is an hour-to-hour (actually minute-to-minute) slice of history. No one knew what the outcome would be. Eventually, the coup failed.
As you would assume, the U. S. was one of the coup sponsors. We still consider Latin America as our back yard, and we want sovereign nations to yield to our demands. Sometimes the U. S. gets its way. Not this time.